In the third quarter of 2013, Daimler AG once again achieved significantly higher earnings than in the prior-year period. The Daimler Group's EBIT for the period of July through September amounted to €2,231 million (Q3 2012: 1,923 ...
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The Ford Focus is on track to top global car sales for the second year in a row, with the manufacturer’s own figures suggesting it has sold almost 590,000 units of the popular small car in the first half of 2013. Ford claimed the ...
British Retail Consortium released its UK statistical data related to the retail sector. Summary - Footfall in September was 2.4% lower than a year ago, down on the 0.9% fall in August. This compares with particularly strong figures a ...
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Nestlé's growth has "regained momentum", with Europe outperforming the market, according to ceo Paul Bulcke, commenting on nine month sales figures. Nescafé Dolce Gusto gained market share from January to September this ...
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Swedish retailer Ikea said worldwide sales rose 3.1% to 27.9 billion euros in the fiscal year ended Aug. 31. The sales figure, which equals about $37.38 billion, includes same-store sales growth of 1.8%. In a press release announcing ...
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Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) managing director John White has confirmed he is implementing a “new strategy” for the brand that aims at achieving a consistent sales performance though “trying to be more competitive ...
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The owners of high-end e-commerce retailer DecadentAvenue.com will open a 25,000-square-foot store here with an expanded assortment of upper middle and high-end lines. The Memphis-based online retailer's first bricks-and-mortar store will ...
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Old heating pumps are secret power guzzlers. Few people think about these hidden ?service providers? when seeking to save on electricity. Even with oil and gas heating systems, electric pumps ensure that hot water circulates from the boiler ...
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Eastern US miner James River Coal has cut about half of its annual Central Appalachian coal production "in response to continued weak coal markets," the company said Monday night after the close of markets. The cutbacks amount to about ...
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The Top 25 U.S. Bedding Retailers, led by a sizzling Mattress Firm now in the top spot on the list, posted a 16.3% increase in bedding revenues last year. The strong performance of the group, which featured 12 double-digit sales gainers, ...
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The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe achieved a sales volume of €44.3 billion in Q2 2013. This corresponds to a decrease of 3.8%. In the first half of the year sales volume amounted to €92.5 billion, ...
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Despite bad weather that dragged down bike sales this spring, industry leaders speaking on a panel Tuesday at Eurobike are optimistic about the spark electric bikes and new technologies will continue to provide the German market.? ...
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Sales of newly built, single-family homes declined 13.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 394,000 units in July as higher mortgage rates prompted a temporary pause in buying activity, according to newly released data from HUD ...
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Following the success of similar previous facilities built for Vietnam Brewery Limited (VBL), Sidel was asked to install another high-speed, beer-canning line. The new line was the third in as many years for VBL, of which Heineken: "The ...
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The Nation's Top 25 furniture and bedding retailers posted a double-digit sales gain last year, bolstered by strong bedding specialty and rental store sectors and a big comeback by Walmart. The combined companies on the list grew 2012 ...
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